ADRIAN — An April 23 trial was set Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court for a 58-year-old man caught with more than 45 pounds of marijuana he claimed was for medicinal purposes. Frederick James McConnell waived arraignment on charges of delivery/manufacture of five to 45 kilograms of marijuana, felony firearm possession and maintaining a drug house.

Officers from the OMNI Team 3 drug unit reported seizing eight plastic storage containers with marijuana on Nov. 20 from a barn at a home in Palmyra Township where the former Florida man was living. He reportedly claimed the marijuana was grown for medical marijuana patients.